New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-07
Yacht.

The Priscilla the only Que oil the big quartet
that did not carry a club-topsall; otherwise her
canvas was the same as her rivals. They carried
fore-staysalls. jlbs aud jlb-topsalls lhe Electra
plum sed after the hcet at 1:22 O'Clock. The May
flower was then merely slanting line of white on
the misty horizon. She was bending to her
work Ike cutter. AT noon the first white
ened considerably. and the. leaders tore
along in futteIs of foam. The Mayfower passed
the Sow-and-Pigs at l234:25 O'Clock. aud set her
No. jlb-t0psaiL. The Volunteer passed the Puri-
tan to leewsrd just before reaching the ightship,
by which she slipped at l239. Mr. F0rbes's yacht
was oaiy AZ seconds behind her. In the long reach
FROM the start TO the lightshIp the Volunteer beas
the May aower by minutes and 1t seconds, aud the
Puritan by minutes aud l3 seconds. The Puri-
tan lost some ground by engaging in luling match
with the steel sloop. Her evident intention was to
get well to wIndward OF the Volunteer, start
sheet and dependlng on her ability as a runner
knock ont her steel rivai.
The old America started exactly one mInute
astern of the Gitana, modern model and copsd-
@ ed flyer General Butler stood ON the quar-
terdeck with his round face wreathed ia smiles aud
his hands incased IN white silk gloves. lie wore
his familiar panama. The od-time crack held
on to the GitaDa like leech. and was only
thirty seconds astern when they entered Vineyard
Sound. 3urgesss lovely two-masted creation, ths
Sachem, watch started four minutes behind tha
America and i've minutes after he Gitana
then well ahead of both these yachts.
The constantly increasing breeze, which bad
now shifted to the southward, prompted the flagship
TO steam ahead of the feet as TO be absolutely
certain of reaching the West Chop buoy IN time to
record the finish OF the yachts She had an inter-
estlng brush with Mr.. Joseph StIckney's steam
Yacht Susquehanna, which must have been fairly
flying as she led the flagship. which was logging
more than sixteen knots. The Electra anchored OF
the West Chop at the entrance OF vineyard Haven,
and waited for the racers to come up The breeze
now from the southwest, and the tide running
down the sound Nearly all the vessels of the fieeG
kept near the Martha's Vineyard shore, out of the
tide. Some of themexperlmented with spmnakers.
which as 10 rule materially aided them. he May
flower and the Puritan were among the fortunate
ones that hugged this shore, and received the frss
benefit of the shift of wind.
II soon became apparent as the Mayflower drew
near the finish, that she would carry oh tna doubt
ful honors of the day. Her buiging balgoon-lib-
tOpsai, which she had set when the wind shifted,
towed her smokingly ., along. Preparatory
20 rounding West Chop and crossing
the line. she took in her balloon
jb-topSail, and set a ~ smaller sail.
lowed at 2:42O3, and the Volunteer at g.,
The Maytio1ser thus beat the Puritan by ff:lo.
utes and Is seconds, and the Volunteer by MN
utes aud AZ seconds The Gitana beat the 4 MN
America by 2 minutes and 3 seconds historic
rhe following is the Official record OF the tiino
made by tho yachts In the run: